United Airlines CEO Scott Kirby details ways to improve the FAA

On Monday, the CEO of United Airlines Scott Kirby explained on Monday what is believed to be three important steps to reform the federal aviation administration, an agency that has been severely scrutinized in recent months.

Kirby said, at the LinkedIn Publishing, that FAA needs to strengthen the workforce of the air traffic controller, investment in facilities, and upgrade ATC and old infrastructure systems.

United CEO Blame Blame a large number of flight delays for air traffic restrictions. While the weather plays a role often, Kirby said that even in the clear days last year, 68 % of United’s delays due to air traffic monitoring restrictions were.

“The facts are blatant,” Kirby said in the post, adding that taking such steps “would significantly improve” air travel in the country.

“The American traveling audience deserves much better,” said Kirby.

United CEO Scott Kirby said the highest priority in the short term is to address the lack of employment in the federal aviation administration that affects the aviation industry. (Logan Cyrus / AFP via Getty Images)

Kirby is sure that the Minister of Transport Sean Duffy, the teams in the Ministry of Transport and FAA have the ability to repair problems.

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Kirby said that the maximum priority in the short term is to address workers ’lack. It is a problem that it believes can be solved without reducing training standards.

He estimated a shortage of approximately 3,000 console, which he said is that “why the Federal Aviation Administration faces employee deficiency by 77 % of the most important facilities across the system.”

On Monday, Scott Kirby, CEO of United Airlines detailed three critical steps required to reform the Federal Aviation Administration. (Daniel Selim / AFP via / Getty Images)

The Federal Aviation Administration has previously provided many tracks to become an observer, including training through the Military and Private College programs, as well as the FAA training academy. But that changed a decade ago when the Federal Aviation Administration closed all other training methods, and left only one training facility, according to Kirby.

“Unfortunately, in the maximum capacity, this facility can only start training 1,800 control units annually, and because of the very high and wonderful standards and testing, the washing rate is high,” Kirby said. “The combination of this with the compulsory retirement age of 56 and last year, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) filled all its 1800 openings at the Academy … and the year ended with only 36 pure new control units.”

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Kirby expressed his confidence in the recently announced Duffy plans to employ a “Supercharge” console. Duffy announced last month that the administration makes it “more efficient” and “reasonable prices” to start training to become an airfoot monitor.

Transport Minister Sean Duffy announced last month that the administration makes it “more efficient” and “reasonable prices” to start training to become an observer of the air movement. (Chris Klabonis/CNP/Bloomberg/Getty Images)

Kirby said that FAA can also upgrade the training system by increasing the ability in the Academy in Oklahoma City and expanding the group training initiative to train observers in private colleges and universities.

However, the long -term reform is the enhancement of investment to upgrade “ATC and old infrastructure systems”, adding that the government agency “has long struggled to buy and publish new technologies.”

While looking forward to a long -term solution, Kirby said that FAA can start by “stopping the old and expensive old systems, and directing funds from these systems to re -investing in new tools.”

Skut Kirby, United CEO, said the most important reform in the long run is to enhance investment to upgrade “old ATC and infrastructure systems”. (J. David Ake / Getty Images / Getty Images)

In addition to removing the Cold War era technologies, he said that the Angolan Armed Forces should also implement steps “to significantly increase the speed to the new and innovative technology market.” He pointed to Canada’s use of electronic airlines, which started about 25 years ago.

The final focus on what he says should be a “long investment in facilities”. Kirby said that the agency uses the vast majority of its facilities and the budget of equipment to correct the constellations, centers, radar and old radar old, instead of focusing on promotions. He said that 92 % of the budget should focus on promotions and should go about 8 % towards repairs.

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Kirby also said the government needed to change how to finance the federal aviation administration.

He said that “financing that supports the safety and efficiency of the airspace is devoted on an inconsistent basis,” he said.

“We can, at the present time, change the budget processing to set the facilities and calculate the equipment in the FAA as mandatory spending. Making this change would provide stability for ATC and equipment to allow capital planning in the long run. The employment will improve.”

Kirby said that the ATC system is safe, and if there is a lack of employment or technology, the controllers will slow down or prevent planes from flying to maintain safety.